January 2012
13 posts
The Foxfire books: Are modern DIYers just...
But because it fosters false nostalgia for an imagined self-sufficient rural life, it may mask some of the real problems facing the dwindling number of people who actually live that life. Emily Cook, manager at Virginia’s Farm at Sunnyside, told me she was sick of “farmer groupies” who weren’t actually interested in the real problems farmers are facing. “The discussion needs to move beyond how...
Closer To Fine » Momastery
In an essay called “Self-Respect,” Ms. Didion offers the only strategy that has ever consistently helped me regain my mommy peace once I’ve lost it: “It was once suggested to me that as an antidote to crying, I put my head in a paper bag. As it happens, there is a sound physiological reason, something to do with oxygen, for doing exactly that, but the psychological effect alone is...
The facts that school reformers ignore - The...
Careful examination discloses that disadvantaged students have made spectacular progress in the last generation, in regular public schools, with ordinary teachers. Not only have regular public schools not been “the great discriminator” — they continue to make remarkable gains for minority children at a time when our increasingly unequal social and economic systems seem determined to abandon them....
When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn't The...
Unfortunately, the real story is complicated and, in a way, not all that reassuring. Researchers don’t really know what causes depression. They’re making progress, but they don’t know. That’s the real story. It’s not exactly a blockbuster. via npr.org Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Dr. Louis A. Tenaglia: Moving Children Into...
We cannot leave the job solely to social media, television, Internet and peers to provide the context of interpreting life’s meaning for our children. We cannot leave children to their own private, internal resources to make sense of the world around them and expect them to move toward mindfulness. We have the obligation, the duty and the responsibility to engage with children, talk with...
INTJ Profile - personal relationships
Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ’s Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations. This...
Portrait of the Rational Mastermind (INTJ)
Masterminds are rare, comprising no more than one to two percent of the population, and they are rarely encountered outside their office, factory, school, or laboratory. Although they are highly capable leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are...
birth announcement I did for my sister in law
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Fun date night with my sunshine
Pizza and balloon animals followed by ice cream and candy at the local candy shop. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
pulled out Shayel's loose tooth at the pizza...
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a green hat. at this bow will change everything
More hilarity from Aliyah…green guy, do you like how your life is? Cuz I can change it…with new clothes. …you. a green hat and this bow will change everything how do you feel? it will make your life better forever …blue man, listen to me, you have no shoes. you need to fix yourself up. you’re not supposed to wear a sleeping bow with that nice hat …now, you, I...
Everyone out of the way, I need to dress the pig
Heard from Aliyah just nowEveryone out of the way, I need to dress the pig…now it’s your turn bald man and alien who is purple …what?! do you want to be naked and ugly for the rest of your life?…ok, I’m finished with you, move off the stage…ooooofffff. theeeeee. staaaaaage.…Thank you.…now, I’m going to give you this hat and you will love it ...
Beauty and the New Lego Line For Girls »...
The company is framing their new line for girls with “science.” Executives are going to great lengths to explain that the line is based on research, using anthropologists who spent time with girls in their homes. The frame gives the company an excuse for reproducing the same old gender stereotypes that we see throughout our culture. They can shrug their shoulders and say, “Well, what are we to...